1. 1 Scott Gudes Vice President, Legislative Affairs Space Systems & Operations Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference March 2, 2011 W A S H I N G T O N O P E R A T I O N S

2. Hurricane Michelle Nov. 2001

3. G GOES R…4 th Gen. Hurricane & Severe Weather Satellite Hemisphere CONUS Mesoscale

4. GOES West 135° West GOES East 75° West Spare GOES-R Mission Overview Visual & IR ImageryLighting MappingSpace Weather MonitoringSolar Imaging Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Geo Lightning Mapper (GLM) Space Environment in-Situ Sensor Suite (SEISS) Magnetometer Solar Ultra-Violet Imager (SUVI) Extreme UV/X-Ray Irradiance Sensors (EXIS) Since 1975, NOAA has operated a system of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) to provide continuous weather imagery and monitoring of meteorological and space environment data to protect life and property across the United States and the Western Hemisphere. GOES-R is the next generation of GOES satellites that will provide a major improvement in quality, quantity and timeliness of data collected. The GOES-R constellation consists of two operational satellites in geostationary orbit at 75°W and 135°W, plus a spare at 105°W.

5. GOES Comparisons GOES I-P GOES-R Full Disk Image30 minutes5 minutes Imager bands516 Visible1 kilometer0.5 kilometer Near InfraredN/A1 kilometer Infrared4 kilometer2 kilometer Bit Depth10 bits12 bits – Visible, 14 bits Infrared Raw Instrument Data2.62 Mbps~ 100 Mbps (ABI: ~60Mbps) Space Weather~100 kbps3.5 - 4Mbps Geostationary Lightning MapperN/A7.5 Mbps Telemetry4 kbps1, 4 & 32 kbps Planned Data Outage>300 hrs/yr<2 hrs/year GRB/GVAR2 Mbps31 Mbps HRIT/EMWINLRIT: 128 kbps EMWIN: 19.2 kbps 400 kbps DCS233 simultaneous downlinks466 simultaneous downlinks SARSAT36 dBm uplink power32 dBm uplink power (will be able to detect emergency beacons with weaker signals) 5

6. Nationwide Contractor Team Effort ITT Ft. Wayne Harris Corp. Melbourne

11. Entitlement Spending Grows Appropriations Frozen FY 2012 PRESBUD ($,Outlays in Billions) FY 2012FY 2020 Discretionary* Security 884 23.7% 89716.5% Security 884 23.7% 89716.5% Non Security 456 12.2% 449 8.3% Non Security 456 12.2% 449 8.3% Total 1,340 35.9% 1,346 24.8% Total 1,340 35.9% 1,346 24.8%Mandatory/ Entitlements 2,140 57.4%3,273 60.4% Net Interest 242 6.5% 79314.6% Disaster Plug 6 10 US Budget 3,7295,422 * Discretionary = Appropriations Trillions?

12. Nov. Election--Tectonic Shift By the Numbers: 111 th Congress (2009/2010)111 th Congress (2009/2010) House: 256 Dems, 179 Repubs, 2 vacanciesHouse: 256 Dems, 179 Repubs, 2 vacancies Senate: 59 Dems, 41 RepubsSenate: 59 Dems, 41 Repubs 112 th Congress (2011/2012)112 th Congress (2011/2012) House: 193 Dems, 242 Repubs 63 R pickupsHouse: 193 Dems, 242 Repubs 63 R pickups Senate: 53 Dems, 47 Repubs ** 6 R pickupsSenate: 53 Dems, 47 Repubs ** 6 R pickups ** Allocates Sen. Lieberman and Sen. Sanders with Dems and Sen. Murkowski with Repubs.** Allocates Sen. Lieberman and Sen. Sanders with Dems and Sen. Murkowski with Repubs.